Saturday, May 18, 2019 – 5-7pm The Highlands Middle School Student Council is hosting the Fly Free Event. Fly Free is a combination of Fly High for Lilliana and Live Free for Michelle. Proceeds from the cheer and dance event will go towards building a garden & memorial area for Lilliana and Michelle. Attendance is Read more about HMS – Fly Free[…]
The Highlands High School Media Center Teacher Tech Lab has a new plaque to remember Michelle Chalk and to remind us to #LiveFreeLikeMichelle. Thank you, Rick and Kim Halbauer for this generous gift.
Article on Fort Thomas Matters by Lexie Crawford
Michelle Chalk was a student at Johnson Elementary School from 2008 to 2014. She was an enthusiastic participant in all activities, giving everything her best effort. Like much of her life, Michelle loved her experiences at Johnson. Not all children have such a positive experience at school. Thankfully, Johnson has a wonderful and caring counselor, Whitney Read more about 2018 – Johnson – Commitment to Character Award[…]
On Thursday, May 10th, during the 2018 HHS Senior Awards night the Michelle Chalk Scholarship was presented. Congratulations to Ramey Hensley Ramey submitted an impressive application and was the #1 recommendation by the MCSF screening committee and later approved by the MCSF selection committee. The following morning a Facebook post by Whitney McKay affirmed that Read more about 2018 MCSF Recipient[…]
The 2018 Michelle Chalk Award for outstanding pride, spirit, enthusiasm and unity of purpose to the Highlands Choirs was presented to Madison Kaufman. Congratulations, Maddie! “Finding it difficult to express my feelings as Maddie received a special award today at the HHS choir picnic. How can one’s heart feel so heavy and light at Read more about 2018 – Highlands Choirs – Michelle Chalk Award[…]
Our love for Michelle goes on. We think about her daily. We remember stories about her and sharing them with others. Patty has dedicated a blog, “My girl, Michelle“, for this purpose.
The Cincinnati Ballet is honoring Michelle’s memory in ‘The Nutcracker’ playbill. In addition, yellow ribbons will be placed on the casting boards at all of the entrance doors to the Springer Auditorium. “As soon as Cincinnati Ballet had heard of Michelle’s tragic passing, I began the discussion with the artistic and executive teams to begin Read more about Cincinnati Ballet To Honor Michelle Chalk[…]
The Michelle Chalk Scholarship Fund (MCSF) is now a scholarship fund under The Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF), a nonprofit corporation. A donation can be made to GCF and directed toward MCSF, and the donor will receive a tax receipt from GCF. The funds donated to the Fifth Third bank account and through PayPal have been transferred Read more about It is official[…]
Two journalism students at Highlands Middle School, Nora Ellsworth and Julia Hodory, wrote an article about Michelle and the imprint her life had on others. The students worked under the guidance of Lisa Birkley. The Imprint Michelle Chalk Left Behind